After years of product development, Product Architects, Inc., the company behind the popular Polar Bottle® insulated water bottles, has expanded into the hydration pack market with the launch of the Cenoté™ Hydration System — featuring the first recyclable hydration bladder on the market. The idea for Cenoté, named after a natural water system formed by the […]

Now that we have been in the depths of winter for a few months, Colorado residents take to the streets to face the cold head on, literally. Yes, the time has come once again to celebrate the two-wheel commuter. Boulder’s Winter Bike to Work and School Day is Tomorrow, January 22, everyone! In order […]

Chicago native Lukasz Bokun grew up in the company of skyscrapers — not mountain ranges. But that never stopped him from setting his sights high on the summits of the world’s tallest peaks. “I have always had mountaineering in the back of my mind,” Bokun said, explaining that he established a lifelong curiosity for mountaineering […]

In 1971, 18-year-old Eric Ryback became a household name in the backpacking community when he became the first person to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail in one trip. Unprepared by all accounts for the 2,650 mile trail — which runs the entire length of the western United States from the most southern point of […]

Do you want to get outside, challenge your physical and mental abilities, and have some sweet summer fun? Then you want an adventure race, which combines a variety of endurance disciplines and can include (but is not limited to) running, biking, and navigating obstacles or even whole cities. There definitely isn’t a shortage of unique […]

Hydration is key to having fun in the great outdoors no matter what your activity is. I keep a Polar Bottle water bottle loaded on my downtube for my daily bike commute. I’ll run with one out behind the Flatirons in Boulder. I’ll even keep a 20 ouncer in my back pocket when I’m working […]